Manchester United 4 Ξ 1 Leicester City

Captain Chris Smalling scores for the day from Daney Blind’s corner. Juan Mata made it look easy scoring the second goal for United. Rashford made it three for United again from a corner. A stunning header from Paul Pogba added another goal and his debut goal for United. Demarai Gray debut goal for Leicester City but that was all.

Liverpool 5 Ξ 1 Hull City

Adam Lallana opened the scoresheet for Liverpool from sweet Coutinho pass. James Milner made it two nil for Liverpool from the red card shown to Hull City man. Sadio Mane scores third after his hard work. Meyler made it one for Hull City. Philippe Coutinho scored the forth stunned far away from the penalty spot. Again James Milner scoring the second penalty making it five for Liverpool.

Bournemouth 1 Ξ 0 Everton

Junior Stanislas stunning goal shocks Everton as they experience second defeat. Bournemouth clinched three points at home maintaining the score 1-0.

Swansea City 1 Ξ 3 Manchester City

Sergio Aguero returning from his injury, scoring goals is what he does. He scored the opener for Manchester City. Swansea came right back in the game from the equaliser by Llorente. Aguero back in business scores again for Manchester City. Manchester City maintain their winning streak. Raheem Sterling adding a lat goal to his account making it 3-1

Stoke City 1 Ξ 1 West Brom

Sunderland 2 Ξ 3 Crystal Palace

Middlesborough 1 Ξ 2 Tottenham

Arsenal 3 Ξ 0 Chelsea

Once again Gary Cahill caught in the bizarre when he lost possession and Alexis Sanches making the best of it. Teamwork pays off, as it is said. Great exchange of passes with Theo Walcott finishing game-play. It was another goal with a great play from the duo Alexis and Ozil. Ozil making it 3-0 for Arsenal.

Premier League 2016 : Week 5 Final Score-sheet

Watford 3 Ξ Manchester United 1

Jose Mourinho side lost three consecutive matches till now this season. Etienne Capoue scored the first Watford goal and his 4th goal this season. Watford dominated the first 20 minutes of the game. Later Marcus Rashford equalized for Manchester United who combined with Zlatan Ibrahmovic giving the a sigh of relief. He scored 10 goals for the club in just 23 appearances. Seven minutes to go Watford leading the score-sheet, the Columbian Camilo Zuigo claimed his first Premier League goal. During the last minutes of stoppage time Zuniga fouled by Marouane Fellaini giving Watford a late penalty. Troy Deeney sealed a 3-1 victory for Watford.

Crystal Palace 4 Ξ Stoke City 1

Stoke still at the bottom of the Table suffered a heavy defeat after to back to back goals in very short span of time. James Tomkins scored the first goal from the free kick. Jason Puncheon corner was headed into the goal by Scott Dann. His second goal of the season. Crystal Palace scored two more goals after the first half. James Mcarthur shot deflected straight into the net beating the Stoke’s goalkeeper. Androws Townsend curling effort gave Palace the 4th goal. Stoke City managed to score a consolation goal late.

Southampton 1 Ξ Swansea City 0

Southampton won for the first time under manager Claude Puel . Substitute Charlie Austin took the opportunity to open the score-sheet for Southampton. Austin scored his first Premier League goal since January. Just one goal but three points claimed by southampton.

Tottenham 1 Ξ Sunderland 0

Tottenham side is still unbeaten and third at the Premier League table. Harry Kane scoring the opener giving Tottenham victory at home under Sunderland. Harry Kane is substituted due to an ankle injury. Later Adnan Januzaj was sent off for a second yellow card due to his harsh tackle on Ben Davies David Moyes is just one pint from five matches.

Chelsea 1 Ξ Liverpool 2

The Friday night fixture, thanks to some of shocking Chelsea defending, Dejan Lovren left unmarked gave Liverpool a one goal lead at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool dominated the entire game and Conte’s side suffered a second goal from visitors skipper Jorden Henderson. Thibout Courtois with no chance, Henderson’s first goal since January. Chelsea managed to score a consolation goal with Emanuel Matic setting up Diego Costa who scored his 7th goal this season. Antonio Conte’s side suffered the first defeat this season.

Hull City 1 Ξ Arsenal 4

Arsenal beat the Hull side who were down to ten men, but it was 11 a side when the gunners took the lead. A shot deflected from Alex Iwobi, handled by Jake Livermore later sent off. Santi Cazorla is the man responsible for taking the penalties. But Sanches taking the opportunity, his effort did not succeed, saved by Eldin Jakupovic. Iwobi set up TheoWalcott for Arsenalsecond goal, brilliantly finished. Hull city back into the game resulting of the penalty, Mbokani fouled by Peter Cech. Snodgrass managed to score the penalty. The third goal made Arsenal comfortable again, Walcott denied by the goalkeeper but Sanches on hand to score. Granit Xhaka scoring a superb debut goal for Arsenal side in the end.

West Brom 4 Ξ West Ham 2

Tony Pulis,s side, gifted with an early penalty, with a needless handball from Arthur Masuaku. Yassir chadli making his home debut scoring from the penalty spot. West Brom side got the second goal thanks to some poor defending, Solomon Rondon took the advantage and managed to score. His second goal of the season. Brom dominated the first half with a three goal lead, with Chadli’s shot deflected from a range by James McClean scoring third. West Brom side scored 4 goals for the first time with Rondon’s rapid break and Chadli to score his second. The West Ham side managed to score a goal provided bu Antonio. In the 65th minute West Ham side made it 2 with Payet fouled in the penalty box. Lanzini converted the penalty very well.

Manchester City 4 Ξ Bournemouth 0

Kevin de Bruyne taking the low road for the ball managed to score a free-kick goal giving City the lead. City’s counter attacking too good for Bournemouth, Raheem Sterling’s final pass to Iheanacho made it 2 for City. The third goal coming from the assist now by Iheanacho with Sterling scoring this time. Gundogan’s debut after a long time came with a goal which further added to the score-sheet.

Leicester City 3 Ξ Burnley FC 0

After a stunning Champions League debut Leicester produced a stunning Premier League performance so far this season. Record signing Islam Slimani recorded a 2 goal debut for his club Leicester City. The third goal again set up by Riyad Mahrez with his pass was deflected by Burnley’s Lee to score an own goal.

Everton 3 Ξ Middlesbrough 1

A controversial goal from Negredo giving Middlesbrough side the lead. Everton soon equalized with Gareth Barry celebrating his 600th club appearance with a goal. Everton scored two more goals before the half time, one by Sheamus Coleman and Romelu Lukaku. Four wins from 5 is the Evertons best start this season so far.

English Premier League :: The wait is over

Top transfers made by the clubs for the Premier League this season. 14th August 2016 marked the opening of the Barclays Premier League.This season is considered to be the best season with couple of new signings and with new experienced managers. Pep Guardiola taking the charge of Manchester city while rivals Manchester United appoint Jose Murinho. Juventus manager Antonio Conte and Borussia Dortmund’s Jurgen Klopp appointed with new contract with Chelsea and Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola made the winning Premier League debut against Sunderland. City scored the early goal as Raheem Sterling was fouled in the penalty box. Sergio Aguero scored the penalty confidently. Soon Sunderland equalized as Jermain Defoe scored with a perfect pass provided to him in the penalty spot. Jesus Navas delivered the cross which netted an own goal by Paddy Mcnair at the end of second half. A lucky win for City gave them easy 3 points.

Burnley VS Swansea0::1

Burnley made a loosing return with a late Swansea strike from Leroy Fer 10 minutes before the end of the game. It was his first Swansea goal. Bad luck for the Swansea side with their first defeat at the beginning of the Premier League.

Ross Barkley’s curling free kick found the net passing the goal keeper Hugo Loris who took an injury before the half-time. Barkley back in action after he failed to join the England side in the Euro’s. But the visitors Tottenham equalized with a goal from Eric Lamela giving both a point.

Middlesbrough VS Stoke City 1::1

They took a deserved lead against stoke with close range header scored by Negredo who returned to England. 25 Minutes to play Shaqiri rescued a point for Stoke City with a classic free kick outside of the penalty spot.

Capoue scored the first goal for the hornets at the start of his second season. But Nathan Redmond is back with the equalizer. He managed to score a controlled volley which sealed them a point. Watson was sent away at the end of the second half who managed to somehow give the a point.

Leicester City face newly promoted Hull City at the opening day. New comers Hull City took the lead as Diamande scored an acrobat goal. But within the start of the second half Leicester player tripped in the penalty area. Mahrez opened the scoresheet of Leicester scoring the penalty and the Champions were leveled. Snodgrass cracked home a crucial goal from a poor throw by the Leicester goal keeper.Brave return to the Premier League by Hull City to take the 3 points.

Manchester United took the lead as Mata scored from a poor back pass from Francis. A gift for Manchester United. Rooney scored the second goal for United from a volley by Martial who got it wrong. Ibrahmovic scored from a mile out giving United a 3 goal lead. Bournemouth managed to get a goal by Smith.

The world’s most expensive player, French star midfielder Paul Pogba After making a sensational return to Manchester United, will not be making his debut on Premier League opening weekend as he has been banned for the first game of the season.

Paul Pogba said this week after completing the transfer : “I am delighted to rejoin United. It has always been a club with a special place in my heart and I am really looking forward to working with Mourinho. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Juventus and have some fantastic memories of a great club with players that I count as friends. But I feel the time is right to go back to Old Trafford. There are no words to be honest, there are no words. I just came back to Carrington, it was like I just came back home.”

Pogba completed the switch from Juventus to United this week in a world-record £89m move, and Red Devils fans were crazy with excitement at the prospect of watching the 23-year-old play his first game for the club.

Sadly, however, they will be made to wait an extra week, with news emerging of a one-game suspension which has followed the player from Italy.

With the #PLkickoff this weekend, did you know four players are serving suspensions?

UEFA SuperCup 2016

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UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid and Europa League winners Sevilla will go head-to-head in the UEFA Super Cup 2016.The match will take place on 10th of august,12:15 AM in Trondheim, Norway.
Both teams will look for a winning start for their season.
Accordind to the stats Real Madrid won four times while the sevilla managed to win just once.In last five encounters between this teams.
Sevilla has become the first team to play in three straight UEFA Super Cups.In 2015 uefa supercup sevilla lost to Barcelona.

According to the reports the likes of cristiano Ronaldo,Gareth Bale and Toni Kroos are out of the squad for the match.Meanwhile,Zinedine Zidane has picked his son Luca in the squad after the injury of Keylor Navas. Benzema is in the squad but is unexpected to play due to injury.

Its Zlatan time ! Scores the winner !

Zlatan Ibrahmovic made his mark by scoring the late winner against Leicester City bringing home the trophy again. The header in the final 10 minutes of the game decided the entire game. The solo goal from Jese Lingard got the perfect start for Manchester United.

Jamie Vardy with the equalizer at the start of the second week. Fellaini came with an interception but the pass was too short. The back pass to De Gea was a terrible one. Vardy takes a good first touch and takes it away from De Gea and still got the opportunity to pass it in the goal.

Manchester United regained the lead at the 82 minute with a brilliant cross provided by Valencia. Gets the cross in early, Zlatan rises above Morgan to score the perfect header. Jose Murinho gets the wining start that will keep him motivated.

This preseason trophy will surely boost the lads and will surely help them in their physical and mental training. The English league is about to start in few days and all teams are making their final bids. Manchester United have confirmed the returns of Paul Pogba finally on their Instagram page.

Jose Mourinho on todays clash against Leicester: ” Its’s not a training session for us, we are here to win”

With Paul Pogba transfer is yet to be completed, Jose Murinho side face Leicester City today for the Community Shield. Murinho said that we have 22 players fit to play but 23rs will be on the way before 14th August. English champions Leciester city is a strong side to face.Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said that this wont be a friendly match.

The transfer market about to close on 31 August but Murinho is pretty sure to bring Pogba before the English League starts. It will be the first match for Ranieri with Leicester at Wembley. Mannchester United won the title 3 years ago and firm to take it home again. Leicester City midfielder N’Golo Kante’s move to Chelsea for 30 million pounds will surely affect City side. It wont be easy without him. But Riyad Mahrez consistant in scoring goals will surely count.

Manchester united new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic said: “I’m use to winning trophies, i didn’t come here to waste time.”

Both teams are allowed to make six substitutions so the players will be tested physically and mentally. It will be a traditional start before the beginning of English Premier League. Catch the live action today at 20.30.

Amazing Start To Rio 2016 For India as Archer Atanu Das Finishes 5th, Through To The Knockouts.

What a start by India at the Rio 2016 Olympics! Atanu Das Secures Qualification To Round Of 32.

Atanu Das takes the 5th rank at the end of round 12 of the men’s individual archery event with a score of 58/60. His total points at the end of the ranking round stands at 683 points.

As It Happened

Bengal boy Atanu Das was on fire in the last three rounds of the opening qualification round in the men’s archery event and has qualified for the elimination rounds with a 5th place finish.

He scored a score of 683/720 (337 in the first half, 347 in the second). He will be in action again on 8 August where he will take on 60th placed Jitbahadur Muktan who finished with a 607, compared to Atanu’s 683.

Anatu Das is the only Indian representative in the men’s category at the Rio Games. This is Das’s first Olympics.

Das had recently won silver with Deepika Kumari in the mixed category at the Archery World Cup in Antalya. He had also finished fourth in the individual recurve event at the same event.Das had earlier bagged two team silver medals (Wroclaw and Medellin, 2014) and two mixed pair bronze medals (Medellin 2013 and 2014) in the World Cups.

The Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Bombayla Devi will be in action in less than a couple of hours tonight. Can they outdo Atanu Das’ showing?

After much controversies and celebrations, the Rio Olympics 2016 are finally here. The Games will officially take place between 5 August and 21 August. Athletes from 206 countries and a refugee team are ready to compete in 28 sports and will be watched by a global audience of billions. The Games will officially start after the opening ceremony which will take place at the Maracana Stadium. But despite of all the controversies that plagued the Olympic, the sporting action will take the center stage.

When does it start?

Source: Olympic.org

The Games will officially take place between 5 August and 21 August. The opening ceremony will start from 8 PM Brazil time on 5th August. Due to the timezone difference, in India the live broadcast of the opening ceremony will start at 4:30 AM on August 6. The opening ceremony will last for approximately 4 hours.

There is an estimate that 3 Billion people will watch the ceremony, which took 5 years in making with 300 dancers, 5000 volunteers and 12000 costumes.

Where can I watch the live broadcast/stream?

The live broadcast will be available on all 8 channels of Star Sports. The broadcast rights to cover the mega event is held by Star Sports.

You can watch the live stream at the Star Sports website or the Hotstar. They will provide the coverage for both the Indian athletes and International athletes.

Who is taking part?

There will be 10,500 athletes from a 207 teams competing in Rio Games, including the Refugee Olympic Team. The Refugee Team will compete under the Olympic flag and has 10 members from South Sudan, Syria, DR Congo and Ethiopia.

The United States of America has the largest contingent with 554 athletes.

What about the Indian Contingent at Rio Olympics 2016?

London Olympics 2012; source: thedailybeast.com

The Indian Olympic Association is going to send the its largest ever delegation (thus far 124 athletes;41 larger than their previous record of 83 athletes in 2012) in Summer Olympic history. The highest numbers are in the likes of badminton and shooting.

Participating in his fourth Olympics, Shooter Abhinav Bindra will be carrying the Indian flag and lead the strong contingent.

Highest expectations of a medal will be from Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling), Indian Hockey Team, Saina Nehwal (Badminton), Sania Mirza (Tennis), Rohan Bopanna (Tennis), Vikas Krishnan (Boxing), Deepika Kumari (Archery), Jitu Rai (Shooting), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics), Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling) and Abhinav Bindra (Shooting). This year there is an expectation to double the London Games medal tally in the Rio Games 2016.

All said, the image of 124 Indian athletes competing at the Rio Games is a matter of pride and an indication that Indian sports is heading in a good direction. It seems that the government is taking loads of efforts to fund its athletes and sports programs, so there is hope to more success for the country at Rio Olympics 2016.

Thomas Bach source: dilemma-x.net

The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said,” TOGETHER WITH THE GREAT SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE, WE WILL ENSURE THAT THESE OLYMPIC GAMES WILL SEND A SIGNAL OF HOPE AND JOY TO THE WORLD IN OUR MUCH TROUBLED TIMES “.

Keep in touch for more updates on Indian team performance and other Olympics news.